Instructions
Paper B1: a matrix mapping of a key IT-related organizational (or personal) ethical issue concerning privacy.
This assignment gives you an opportunity to analyze a key IT-related
organizational (or personal, if not in the job force) ethical issue, related to privacy
subject to relevant laws, regulations, and policies
.
Both of the following sites provide sources, and an excellent backdrop for issues relating to privacy protection and the law.
See EPIC Privacy Issues
at:
http://epic.org/privacy/
See List on left
and/or: EFF Privacy at
https://www.eff.org/issues/privacy
[see list in center on this page].
This includes sub-topics discussing information privacy, privacy laws, applications and court rulings (case law is usually an extension of the basic law based on the facts from specific cases and real-world court decisions), and key privacy and anonymity issues.
While the sites provide many interesting topics, be sure to focus on our class IT topics.
Use the template below and the list of suggested workforce
privacy
topics from one of the sites above to produce a matrix to
map a key organizational ethical (or personal, if not in the job force)
issue and how this issue is affected by laws, regulations, and policies. Use the list of normative ethics principles below to help you complete the matrix.
Choose any three (only three) of the following list of twelve (12) principles of normative ethics described below.
Prepare the Ethical Issue matrix and include the following explanation (200 words) —double-space your narrative—below the matrix:
Why I chose the dilemma;
Why I chose the three principles; and
An analysis of the research used to identify the actions in the matrix.
The completed matrix allows you to weigh the different issues involved and assign a rank as to the importance of the actions based on the effect on the stakeholders.
Submit the matrix for grading to the LEO Assignments Module.
Indicate appropriate APA in-text and source citations for all sources. In addition to critical thinking and analysis skills, your assignment should reflect appropriate grammar and spelling, good organization, and proper business-writing style.
This assignment is directly related to Paper-B2. The ethical issue identified in this assignment will be used in your Paper B2 Assignment. Paper B2 asks you to write a policy that corrects the ethical issue described in Paper B1.
Normative Ethics List
Autonomy:
is the duty to maximize the individual's right to make his or her own decisions.
Beneficence:
is the duty to do good both individually and for all.
Confidentiality:
is the duty to respect privacy of information and action.
Equality:
is the duty to view all people as moral equals.
Finality:
is the duty to take action that may override the demands of law, religion, and social customs.
Justice:
is the duty to treat all fairly, distributing the risks and benefits equally.
Non-maleficence
: is th ...
InstructionsPaper B1 a matrix mapping of a key IT-related organ
1. Instructions
Paper B1: a matrix mapping of a key IT-related organizational
(or personal) ethical issue concerning privacy.
This assignment gives you an opportunity to analyze a key IT-
related
organizational (or personal, if not in the job force) ethical issue,
related to privacy
subject to relevant laws, regulations, and policies
.
Both of the following sites provide sources, and an excellent
backdrop for issues relating to privacy protection and the law.
See EPIC Privacy Issues
at:
http://epic.org/privacy/
See List on left
and/or: EFF Privacy at
https://www.eff.org/issues/privacy
[see list in center on this page].
This includes sub-topics discussing information privacy,
privacy laws, applications and court rulings (case law is usuall y
an extension of the basic law based on the facts from specific
cases and real-world court decisions), and key privacy and
anonymity issues.
While the sites provide many interesting topics, be sure to focus
on our class IT topics.
Use the template below and the list of suggested workforce
privacy
topics from one of the sites above to produce a matrix to
2. map a key organizational ethical (or personal, if not in the job
force)
issue and how this issue is affected by laws, regulations, and
policies. Use the list of normative ethics principles below to
help you complete the matrix.
Choose any three (only three) of the following list of twelve
(12) principles of normative ethics described below.
Prepare the Ethical Issue matrix and include the following
explanation (200 words) —double-space your narrative—below
the matrix:
Why I chose the dilemma;
Why I chose the three principles; and
An analysis of the research used to identify the actions in the
matrix.
The completed matrix allows you to weigh the different issues
involved and assign a rank as to the importance of the actions
based on the effect on the stakeholders.
Submit the matrix for grading to the LEO Assignments Module.
Indicate appropriate APA in-text and source citations for all
sources. In addition to critical thinking and analysis skills,
your assignment should reflect appropriate grammar and
spelling, good organization, and proper business-writing style.
3. This assignment is directly related to Paper-B2. The ethical
issue identified in this assignment will be used in your Paper B2
Assignment. Paper B2 asks you to write a policy that corrects
the ethical issue described in Paper B1.
Normative Ethics List
Autonomy:
is the duty to maximize the individual's right to make his or her
own decisions.
Beneficence:
is the duty to do good both individually and for all.
Confidentiality:
is the duty to respect privacy of information and action.
Equality:
is the duty to view all people as moral equals.
Finality:
is the duty to take action that may override the demands of law,
religion, and social customs.
Justice:
is the duty to treat all fairly, distributing the risks and benefits
equally.
Non-maleficence
: is the duty to cause no harm, both individually and for all.
Understanding/Tolerance:
is the duty to understand and to accept another viewpoint if
reason dictates doing so is warranted.
Publicity:
4. is the duty to take actions based on ethical standards that must
be known and recognized by all who are involved.
Respect for persons:
is the duty to honor others, their rights, and their
responsibilities. Showing respect others implies that we do not
treat them as a mere means to our end.
Universality
: is the duty to take actions that hold for everyone, regardless of
time, place, or people involved. This concept is similar to the
Categorical Imperative.
Veracity
: is the duty to tell the truth.
A sample template for the matrix is shown below. To
reconstruct the sample template, you may use the Table Tool in
MS Word or copy and paste this template.
Ethical issue:
Stakeholders
(Principle 1)
(Principle 2)
(Principle 3)
1
2
3
5. 4
Step 1
: Identify the ethical issue that you want to analyze, as
described above. An example might be the falsification of your
personal profile in a social networking site.
Step 2
: Identify the stakeholders involved. You, someone who reads
your personal profile in a social network site, potential
employers, etc. Be sure that each stakeholder category is unique
and not similar to another category you use.
Step 3
: Choose any three (only three) of the principles that might
apply to your issue such as autonomy, publicity, and veracity.
Step 4
: identify how the ethical issue affects each stakeholder based
on the principles you identified. Put this statement in the matrix
next to the stakeholder.
Sample Completed Matrix
Ethical issue:
falsifying your profile on a social networking site
Stakeholders
autonomy
publicity
veracity
1: Yourself
6. You have the duty to maximize the right to make your own
decisions.
You have the duty to take actions based on ethical standards
that must be known and recognized by all who are involved.
You have the duty to tell the truth
2: Other users of the networking site
They have the duty to make their own decisions
They make these decisions based on ethical standards that
should be recognized by the person falsifying their profile
They assume that the person falsifying the profile has the duty
to tell the truth.
3: The social networking site
The autonomy of the site is limited by law (Goldman, 2007)
Users of social networking sites are content publishers, as such
the site must take actions based on legal and ethical standards
and must notify users of these standards so they are known by
all.
As providers of content the site must conform to the laws
regarding truth or be held responsible for legal issues as
defamation (making harmful false statements about someone
else) or copyright infringement. (Goldman, 2007)
Reference:
Goldman, E. (2007, May).
7. Social Networking Sites and the Law.
Retrieved from
http://www.ericgoldman.org/Resources/socialnetworkingsitesan
dthelaw.pdf